Rabat – Russia and Ukraine are set to resume talks today, March 14, by videoconference amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the negotiations will continue on Monday, according to Russian state news agency RIA.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said in a tweet that negotiations are continuing by video conferences.
“Working groups are constantly functioning. A large number of issues require constant attention. On Monday, March 14, a negotiating session will be held to sum up the preliminary results,” Podoliak added.
In another tweet, the Ukrainian presidential adviser stressed that the fourth round of negotiations is focused on peace, ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops, and security guarantees.
“Although Russia realizes the nonsense of its aggressive actions, it still has a delusion that 19 days of violence against peaceful cities in Ukraine is the right strategy,” he wrote.
Since the start of Moscow’s military offensive on February 24, three rounds of diplomatic talks have taken place in Belarus, with this one being the fourth.
Leonid Slutsky, a Russian delegation member for the Ukraine-Russia talks, has stressed that the two nations have made “significant progress between the start of negotiations and now.”
“I expect the progress may grow into a unified position of both delegations, and into a document for signing,” Slutsky said, Russian media outlets reported.
Last week, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for talks in Turkey. It was reported that no progress came from the talks, but both parties pledged to continue their dialogue.
“We also talked on the ceasefire but no progress was accomplished on that,” Kuleba said.
To date, over two and half million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries.
The military offensive in Ukraine has triggered the fastest-growing displacement crisis since World War II, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
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